Ambulance.



R. H. SLEICHER.

AMBULANCE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.16, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 1:01, WASHINGTON. n. c.

ermon.

RALPH H. SLEIGHER, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

AMBULANCE.

Application filed April 16,.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH H. SLEIcHEn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ambulances, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

The present invention relates to improve ments in ambulances, fortransporting invalids, one object of the invention, being the provisionof an ambulance especially designed for use in connection with thehospital apparatus, as set forth in my co-pending application filedJanuary 9, 1914, Serial No. 811,163, and in connection with the bedstructure shown in my co-pending application filed even date herewith,one object of the invention being the provision of a longitudinalguide-way upon or adjacent the floor of the ambulance, by means of whicha couch member carried upon casters may be readily placed into orremoved from the ambulance and by means of which the couch member willbe held against transverse movement within the ambulance, and may belocked against longitudinal movement during the transportation.

A further object of the present invention, is the provision of anambulance having longitudinal guide-ways for casters, with means carriedthereby for engaging a couch mem ber provided with casters to lock thecouch member against longitudinal movement after the same has beenproperly positioned in place to thus insure the rigid fastening of thecouch during the movement of the ambulance.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through theambulance body showing the couch member in position thereupon when theambulance is in motion.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

1914. Serial No. 832,322.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the floor plan of the ambulancewithout the couch member. Fig. 3 is a cross section through the floor ofthe ambulance adjacent the rear thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail view of thecouch holding device or fastener.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral. 1 designates the floor of theambulance, which has attached thereto in any desired manner, the twoguide-ways 3 which are preferably recessed at 4 for the slidablereception longitudinally of the ambulance of the casters 5 carried bythe couch member 6. By this means it will be seen that the couch membermay be moved longitudinally of the ambulance, and that by reason of theengagement of the casters with the guide-ways, the same will be heldagainst transverse move ment.

In order to provide a means for locking the couch member againstlongitudinal movement during the movement of the ambulance, the pivotedclamping members 5 are employed, and are connected to the guide ways atthe rear end. so as to engage the longitudinal member 6 of the couchmember, and thus clamp the same downwardly upon the ways. By this means,the couch member may be readily and quickly released so that the samemay be removed, thus facilitating the handling of the patient, thepresent couch member being constructed for cooperative with theether-carriage set forth in my application Serial No. 811,163, and thesaid structure shown in my co-pending application filed even dateherewith.

What is claimed is:

1. An ambulance, having a body, a pair of parallel guide-ways mountedupon the bottom thereof longitudinally of the ambulance, a couch memberhaving two parallel longitudinal tubes and being adapted to be supportedupon the guide-ways and having a plurality of means engageable with saidways to permit longitudinal movement of the couch member and to preventtransverse movement, and pivoted clamping means attached to theguide-ways for engaging the tubes of the couch member to lock the couchmember downwardly upon the ways against longitudinal movement.

2. An ambulance, including a body, a pair of open ended caster receivingparallel guide-ways attached to the bottom of the In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature body and accessible through the rear end in presenceof tWo Witnesses.

thereof. and two outwardly swinging lock- RALPH H. SLEICHER. 111gmembers plvoted to the outer portlons 5 near the rear ends of saidguide-Ways and WVitnesses:

forming means for looking a couch member ROBERT A. STEVENS, downwardlyupon the guide-Ways. J. F. WHELAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

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